The Wonder of the Western Wall

For thousands of years, God’s people have gathered to worship, mourn and pray here at the base of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in a place called the Western Wall, the Wailing Wall and the ha-Kotel. But it hasn’t always been easy.

At God's holy hill

"God's Hill" actually better describes what is above the wall – the Temple Mount, the place where once stood David’s Temple. The artwork shown here is a depiction of what the area looked like when the rebuilt Temple was expanded by King Herod around 19 b.c.